[ANN][EXCHANGE] Poloniex - Crypto Exchange with BTC/NXT

[MartiniBlanco]

Kudos for the recent changes.

I really like the sorting, and selecting currencies options. Well done!

One more suggestion:

In the "Options ... Enabled Markets: ... Select All ... Select None",
I suggest a "Select my nonzero balance currencies" to show only those which I am currently holding.

thx

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[Wolf Rainer]

Is poloniex down for anyone else?

https://twitter.com/poloniex/status/462307086894768128

Thanks, i was looking for some information. Anyone knows what´s the problem?

[Sprite160]

Obviously it is TotalPanda

[Wolf Rainer]

The funds are safe?

[Lethn]

I'm beginning to wonder if anybody can safely leave 5BTC - 10BTC on an exchange now, when the hell are cold wallets going to become standard practice?

[altcoinherald]

I'm beginning to wonder if anybody can safely leave 5BTC - 10BTC on an exchange now, when the hell are cold wallets going to become standard practice?

Quit wondering and get serious.

[ewibit]

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[busoni]

All funds are safe. Poloniex does use cold wallets.

What happened was an attacker used social engineering to gain root access to a wallet server. This was made possible by absolutely jaw-dropping negligence on the part of the hosting provider. Fortunately, I caught the attempt in time and was able to shut down the server before anything was taken. All BTC has been moved into cold storage, and then next step is to set up a new server with a different provider.

Please stop sending BTC to your old BTC deposit addresses. The funds will not be lost, but all new addresses must be generated, as I must assume the old wallet is compromised. It is very unlikely that it was, but "unlikely" is not good enough.

I appreciate everyone's patience while I take proper security measures before bringing the exchange back online.

[sussex]

All funds are safe. Poloniex does use cold wallets.

What happened was an attacker used social engineering to gain root access to a wallet server. This was made possible by absolutely jaw-dropping negligence on the part of the hosting provider. Fortunately, I caught the attempt in time and was able to shut down the server before anything was taken. All BTC has been moved into cold storage, and then next step is to set up a new server with a different provider.

Please stop sending BTC to your old BTC deposit addresses. The funds will not be lost, but all new addresses must be generated, as I must assume the old wallet is compromised. It is very unlikely that it was, but "unlikely" is not good enough.

I appreciate everyone's patience while I take proper security measures before bringing the exchange back online.

Top work again Busoni, well done.....

[greatwolf]

Thank you for the update busoni

[rikkejohn]

All funds are safe. Poloniex does use cold wallets.

What happened was an attacker used social engineering to gain root access to a wallet server. This was made possible by absolutely jaw-dropping negligence on the part of the hosting provider. Fortunately, I caught the attempt in time and was able to shut down the server before anything was taken. All BTC has been moved into cold storage, and then next step is to set up a new server with a different provider.

Please stop sending BTC to your old BTC deposit addresses. The funds will not be lost, but all new addresses must be generated, as I must assume the old wallet is compromised. It is very unlikely that it was, but "unlikely" is not good enough.

I appreciate everyone's patience while I take proper security measures before bringing the exchange back online.

This is all so insane, every exchange getting attacked or attacking us.

If you're still here, can you give a guess as to when you will be back online?

[theGypsy]

Please stop sending BTC to your old BTC deposit addresses. The funds will not be lost, but all new addresses must be generated, as I must assume the old wallet is compromised. It is very unlikely that it was, but "unlikely" is not good enough.

Does this accident affect other, not-BTC deposit addresses? My rigs send regulary small amounts of coins directly to my poloniex deposits, do I need to stop sending now?

[shaytal]

Great job mann
feeling safe in poloniex
 

[leewilson]

All funds are safe. Poloniex does use cold wallets.

What happened was an attacker used social engineering to gain root access to a wallet server. This was made possible by absolutely jaw-dropping negligence on the part of the hosting provider. Fortunately, I caught the attempt in time and was able to shut down the server before anything was taken. All BTC has been moved into cold storage, and then next step is to set up a new server with a different provider.

Please stop sending BTC to your old BTC deposit addresses. The funds will not be lost, but all new addresses must be generated, as I must assume the old wallet is compromised. It is very unlikely that it was, but "unlikely" is not good enough.

I appreciate everyone's patience while I take proper security measures before bringing the exchange back online.

Once you get everything switched over, would you, please name the hosting provider so many of us here can also protect ourselves by making sure not to use them in the future and/or cease using them currently.
Thank you.

[rfcdejong]

Thank you for the explaination, that hosting provider should get bankrupt

[tseug]

Please stop sending BTC to your old BTC deposit addresses. The funds will not be lost, but all new addresses must be generated, as I must assume the old wallet is compromised. It is very unlikely that it was, but "unlikely" is not good enough.

Does this accident affect other, not-BTC deposit addresses? My rigs send regulary small amounts of coins directly to my poloniex deposits, do I need to stop sending now?

I guess that depends on how safe you feel with unlikely. Going by what he said, you should be good but it's best play it safe and stop using all old poloniex coin address as I would assume the wallets were all on the same wallet server (could be wrong).

[altcoinherald]

All funds are safe. Poloniex does use cold wallets.

What happened was an attacker used social engineering to gain root access to a wallet server. This was made possible by absolutely jaw-dropping negligence on the part of the hosting provider. Fortunately, I caught the attempt in time and was able to shut down the server before anything was taken. All BTC has been moved into cold storage, and then next step is to set up a new server with a different provider.

Please stop sending BTC to your old BTC deposit addresses. The funds will not be lost, but all new addresses must be generated, as I must assume the old wallet is compromised. It is very unlikely that it was, but "unlikely" is not good enough.

I appreciate everyone's patience while I take proper security measures before bringing the exchange back online.

Once you get everything switched over, would you, please name the hosting provider so many of us here can also protect ourselves by making sure not to use them in the future and/or cease using them currently.
Thank you.

If he did I imagine they would have one hell of a hissy fit over it. Imagine a hosting company just giving out root access so easily? That's a pretty severe breach, especially if they knew their client was in the exchange business.

Many more details are needed, though. Another major breach like this so quickly after the last one is a very real issue.

[hellscabane]

Very nice job! This is my first time reading the support thread and I applaud your solid work thus far. Good job with the wallet situation by the way!

[Kn_os]

All funds are safe. Poloniex does use cold wallets.

Well, you made me feel much better.

[Bid4Bit]

THIS is why to trade at Polo!